Best and Worst Directors

The directors below are ranked based on the average quality of their episodes after taking into account when the episode aired. Only directors who directed at least two episodes are in the list. Directors who directed only one episode each are combined into the "Other Directors" category.

The number in parentheses can be thought of as being the "Joss bonus." It represents how many points an episode directed by this person would gain if it were directed by Joss Whedon instead. Low numbers suggest that the director is almost as good as Joss Whedon. High numbers suggest that Joss Whedon could have done a much better job. By definition, Joss Whedon gets a 0 on this statistic. This assumes that the director of the episode is the main cause of the episode's quality.

24. David Straiton (17.92)

Conclusion

Three of the top eight episodes were directed by someone who directed no other episodes of Angel, which suggests that some talents were underused. Marita Grabiak may fall near the bottom on this list, but she ranked third among Buffy directors. Overall, the directors account for 25.7% of episode quality beyond what can be explained by when an episode aired.